The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-12-22
A Night in Paris.

jomer, more chivalrous and better
pred young men than the ''Lone
STAR state. The young people are
exceedingly fond of practical jokes
md often indulge in them at the
.isk of limbs and life. An evening
n November a party of three young
aides were invited to the palatiaI
home of Col. p to spend the
evening with the dark-eyed, queen
" beauty, Miss P and engage
IN card-playing with some friends.
In the family of Col. P there is
q very handsome son with an mex.
haustible fund of mischief lurking
in his bright eyes and noted for be-.
Jag invulnerable to the pranks of
Cupid and his arrows. The girls
to have some fun at his
expense and sent a servant out to
get some hosned frogs, which they
made the servant place at freedom
between the shsets at the foot of his
bed and tuck il closely. About 10
O clock while engaged at a game OF
cards with the beaux they heard
Mr.. p come in and Immediately
ascend the stairway to his roonl. A
look and quiet smile
wreathed the faces of the girls as the
game proceeded. Now these horn
ed frogs are nasty, cold thing to
come in contact with, especially in
your bed after the lights are out,
and a man, hero of an hundred
battles, may be pardoned and no
flung into his face for
springing out of his bed into the
middle of the next year, and shak-
ing the house as if in the mighty
throes of an earthquake, as young
p did when he felt the small
army of cold things perambulating
in velocipede style over his bare
feetl The young men at the card
table sprang to their feet grasping
their chairs with CONSERVATION de-
picted on their faces, crying out
otis an earthquake" The young
ladies sat convulsed with laughter,
examining their handkerchiefs into
their mouths to keep from scream
ing out and betraying themselves
to young P as the authors of
the mischief. AS soon as Miss
p could speak to her guests she
restored confidence. "There is no
earthquake, gentlemen. Ny broth
er has had one of his nightmare
dreams, perhaps, and fallen out of
his bed as usual. Please be seated"
The game was resumed and every
thing went quietly along below
stairs, but how wss it above stairs
Mr.. p sat pulling on his boots
quickly but quietly. Stealing down
the back stairs he soon reached the
coachman's quarters:
"Jerry! Jerry! get up, | need you
am in trouble
eyes, sar; be dare in a mint
"Jerry, want pair of the big
gest fighting cats you can get imme
diately. Can you get them"
eyes, sar, plenty of dem dar fella
down at de barn"
"Get them and await my return
here"
He went back and stole quietly
up stairs and vent into the liner
closet and tried the door leading
from that into his sisters apartment
and where he knew the young la
dies would spend the night with her
The door was locked and the key
gone. 1t was growing late and ne
time to spare. He procured &
screw driver and soon had the lock
off but leaving the door closed al
usual. Then he went for a strong
hickory stick six feet long weighted
with two bricks. just then be
heard the girls coming and laugh
ing merrily up to their room. He
sat and held his sides with laughter
thinking how soon that tune would
be changed. He remained until all
was quiet and then stole down fol
his cats. The girls, so full of chat
over the evenings merriment, forgot
to try the doors and look for the
man as usual under the bed, and
were soon in the land of Nod with
sweet and roseate dreams OF the
coming future, while Mr.. P
rolled in the grass outside at the
thought of coming events" and
the fierce-looking cats walled their
eyes at the moon held closely in
Jerry's arms close by.
81 see you have got them, Jerry
real fine fellows
Eyes, sar; dey gwine to make the
fuz fly when dey get the chance, you
bet sar."
"Well, now we must tie their tails
firmly together with twine."
Eyes, sar."
There, that will do. Now muffie
their heads and stop that CATER
wauling."
1t was now one o'clock. Mr..
P took the lead, Jerry follow
ing up stealthily to the lineu-room.
Softly opening the door, only regu.
lar sound breathing fell upon his
ears. He placed a chair nolselessly
near table, laid the weighted stick
across from one to the other; step.
ped out of the room for the cats, re-
moved the covering from their
heads and laid them across the
stick, gave them one keen cut with
q switch, backed out of the room
and closed the door. Heavens and
earth! was there ever heard such
unearthly yells! Such splitting OF
fire and birthstone from the cats
Cyclones aud earthquakes have
SCARCELY equaled the awful hubbub
that came in wild yells and shrieks
from the commingled voices of girls
and cats! Young Mr.. P stood
in the linen-c closet convulsed with
laughter unable to get away. The
family awakened. stunned, rendered
useless as far as immediate aid OF
rescue. Soon the neighbors came
rushing in with shot guns, pistols
kniyes, anything they could lay
their hands on in the emergency to
save their friends from robbery and
murder. Young P saw that he
had created a greater cyclone than
he expected or desired and he went